Computer Game Designer (Virtual Apprentice) - Softcover

Rauf, Don; Vescia, Monique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0816075506 ISBN 13: 9780816075508

Publisher: Facts On File Inc, 2008

Synopsis

Discover what it's like to bring games to life!"Virtual Apprentice: Computer Game Designer" is a perfect hands-on career guide for kids who love computer games.Profiles of working professionals, "Reality Check" sidebars, QctAs between real-life kids and pros, and a "Count Me In" journal feature help readers get a you-are-there feel for this exciting job. Loaded with full-color and black-and-white photographs and written in a lively tone, this entertaining guide allows kids to test-drive their dream career as a computer game designer.Chapters include: Get Ready for Action; Game Designer on the Job; The High-Speed Evolution of Electronic Games; Game Designer in Training; The "Players" Who Bring Games to Life; Kids Ask, Game Designers Answer; and, Game Designer for a Day.

About this title

About the Author

Don Rauf is the editor of Careers and Colleges, a magazine for high school juniors and seniors, and he helped write the Career Ideas for Teens series for Facts on File and Checkmark Books. He has published articles in Seventeen, Nick Jr., Young Entrepreneur, and many other youth-oriented publications. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Edition details

• Publisher: Facts On File Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816075506
• ISBN 13: 9780816075508
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64